Winter Landscape with Skaters and Fishermen
1647
Medium
Black chalk with gray wash; two framing lines, the first in brush and gray ink by Van Goyen himself, the second in pen and dark brown ink added later.
Dimensions
4 7/16 x 7 11/16 in. (11.3 x 19.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.779
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Art Historical Context
In the chill of a 1647 Dutch winter, Jan van Goyen captures the everyday magic of the Low Countries in *Winter Landscape with Skaters and Fishermen*. This delicate drawing, rendered in black chalk heightened with gray wash, measures just 4⅞ x 7¾ inches, suggesting it was a preparatory sketch or personal study. Van Goyen himself added the first subtle framing line in brush and gray ink, with a later pen outline in dark brown. Housed in the Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it exemplifies the artist's mastery of tonal landscapes during the Dutch Golden Age. Van Goyen (...
About the Artist
Jan van Goyen · 1596–1656
Important Dutch landscapist known for his so-called 'tonal style'. Comment on works: Landscapes; Marines; Views.